Was that the L3 flight at AF? That was the most extreme L3 flight I've seen!! Peter I think? Amazing

I'm digging the BlueCC!!

Peter Wetzel, yes it was. The back end looked like someone painted it with orange silly string. It was in the back with the show and tell stuff, and I saw that there were "unpainted" streaks on the tube behind the four threaded inserts. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how he'd got that effect with the fade, until we were talking afterwards and he said he Only painted the nose and Fin unit. Mach 3 basically stripped the nose and painted the bare fiberglass body tube...!

It was an impressively simple rocket. 1 single 4ft fiberglass tube, 75mm minimum diameter on a Loki M that took 3/4 the length. Nose blow with small drogue and main reefed with a cable cutter.
And.....he built it in 2 weeks. I think this is the flickr album L3 MD

Flew some rockets at my first RadRocks launch of the year at Godlewsky Farm with my daughter and my father.

The weather did not cooperate as well as expected. The wind was blowing towards the short side of the field, and almost any significant flight was landing in the 7-foot cornfield (or worse, the impenetrably dense brush on the west side of the corn). So I scrubbed all flights of my various scratch builds.

Still got eight flights in, including the first couple for a Crayon and Skywriter (the latter of which ended up in the brush, lost). Also got the stock Quinstar up a couple of times (that's really fun on a D12), one flight on an Odd'l Birdie (lost in deep weeds), and one more excellent flight on my Odd'l Cyclone (another miraculous recovery, found by my daughter amongst the corn.)

Not exactly what I had been hoping for, but still a great day. Starship Avalon will have to wait for another opportunity to fly.

Labour day weekend (last weekend) was NB Rocketry's annual high-power launch event! I just finished uploading my video from the launch to YouTube:

One of the flights established a new Canadian M altitude record of over 27k'!

I personally launched a couple H and I DD flights (where I tried out the Aerotech DMS motors for the first time. I'm a fan!) and attempted a J flight to over 5k' (though unfortunately the motor suffered a CATO upon ignition. The rocket itself sustained only minimal damage thankfully so it will fly again).

I finally made some progress on my carbon Tomach 54. I put together a nifty sled that will be large enough for fully redundant systems, but for now will hold just a Raven, a 1S battery, and a screw switch.

Just got home and unpacked from the Tri-Cities Rocketeers multi-day launch.

On a personal level, I flew the alphabet A-J, maidened three new rockets (LOC park flyer Sandhawk, Madcow 2.6 BBII, upscale 4" Solar Warrior), flew my first sparky I327DM, got surprisingly close to the target altitude contest of 2,011' with my PSII Nike Smoke on a G64 (2,061'), flew my Estes altimeter for the first time (numerous times), and brought home Estes oop kits Mighty Moe and Sidewinder and several US Rockets high performance kits at super prices. Awesome!

On a club level, Tri-Cities Rocketeers absolutely killed it once again. The core member group kept the show running smoothly and were always available to get a rocket RSO'd, perform LCO duties, help rocketeers with tools and parts, and keep a close watch on fire detection in our dry conditions. They hosted a fantastic barbecue on Saturday night with sides brought in potluck-style by everyone, and the vendors were exceptionally generous in donating a large number of items for the fundraiser raffle prizes. I was once again on historian duties, filming as many launches as I could while juggling my rocket prep needs and getting from my tent's location to a good vantage spot, but I caught a lot of great flights. Despite a bit of a breeze on Saturday and a phantom rocketeer using paper towels as wadding, it was a perfect weekend of flying and a great way to cap off the summer. Thanks to the Tri-Cities Rocketeers for another memorable launch!

I got the morning off, so I cut some 29mm/74mm centering rings, painted the body tubes and epoxied the motor mount for my daughter's Estes Vagabond, milled air-foiled fins for a 2.7X EAC Viper upscale, worked up simulations for an F-to-E two stage rocket, set up the CAM operations for the fins/flaps/rudders for a 3X Gyroc upscale...some of these will fly on Saturday.

Just got home and unpacked from the Tri-Cities Rocketeers multi-day launch.

On a personal level, I flew the alphabet A-J, maidened three new rockets (LOC park flyer Sandhawk, Madcow 2.6 BBII, upscale 4" Solar Warrior), flew my first sparky I327DM, got surprisingly close to the target altitude contest of 2,011' with my PSII Nike Smoke on a G64 (2,061'), flew my Estes altimeter for the first time (numerous times), and brought home Estes oop kits Mighty Moe and Sidewinder and several US Rockets high performance kits at super prices. Awesome!

On a club level, Tri-Cities Rocketeers absolutely killed it once again. The core member group kept the show running smoothly and were always available to get a rocket RSO'd, perform LCO duties, help rocketeers with tools and parts, and keep a close watch on fire detection in our dry conditions. They hosted a fantastic barbecue on Saturday night with sides brought in potluck-style by everyone, and the vendors were exceptionally generous in donating a large number of items for the fundraiser raffle prizes. I was once again on historian duties, filming as many launches as I could while juggling my rocket prep needs and getting from my tent's location to a good vantage spot, but I caught a lot of great flights. Despite a bit of a breeze on Saturday and a phantom rocketeer using paper towels as wadding, it was a perfect weekend of flying and a great way to cap off the summer. Thanks to the Tri-Cities Rocketeers for another memorable launch!

L2 and your first sparky? Are you sure you're approaching this right?

The only reason I want to cert L1 is for CTI's 29mm G80 & G106 skidmarks...

Began the ground work for the footings and foundation where my 16"x36" South Bend metal lathe will be erected.
The machine can make it's own replacement parts, and then make any machine or things like motor casings that I might ever want.
Stuff like nosecones and foam fuselages can be done on either of my two wood lathes, but having a proper metal lathe will let me make precision jigs and the like, when tolerances are critical.

The only reason I want to cert L1 is for CTI's 29mm G80 & G106 skidmarks...

Sparkies are fun but not my main driving force in flying bigger stuff. My favorite loads are whites and reds, but earlier this year I watched an I327DM go and was really impressed by it, so I wanted to give one a try. Unfortunately my rocket was at the away pads 300' out so I didn't feel the shock from the motor like I had before, but still an enjoyable flight. A friend got a killer liftoff photo and I'm waiting for that to show up in my email inbox.